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Dear Annette last Saturday 29/6 you spoke about the blue butterfly creating a lot of damage to cycads. You recommended placing netting over the cycads to protect from the butterfly or alternatively splacing some sort of material over the middle of the cycads to protect the soft buds that grow to become the leaves. I would like you to advise me what your recommendation was for protecting the new buds growing in the centre of the cycad please. I live in Woombye Qld and my cycad has been decimated by the blue butterfly. Initially I sprayed it with equal parts of white vinigar and water but the grubs prospered and ate not only the centre leaves but the tips of the leaves as well. I resorted to covering the cycad with netting for the past six months to preserve what was left of it. I have now removed the netting but want to protect it from the blue butterfly. Can you tell me what your solution is. Thank you and I look forward to receiving your reply.